DWP hides scores of emails that discussed its role in claimant deaths The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has refused to release all but a few words from scores of emails discussing its role in the deaths of hundreds, and probably thousands, of disabled benefi…

DWP hides scores of emails that discussed its role in claimant deaths
#DWP #BenefitDeaths #RightOfAccessRequest
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Tribunal dismisses DWP appeal and tells it to release ‘worst case scenario’ report on claimant errors A tribunal has ordered the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to release a report that describes the impact of its errors on disabled benefit claimants, following a three-year fight to keep the…

Tribunal dismisses #DWP appeal and tells it to release ‘worst case scenario’ report on claimant errors
#BenefitDeaths #InformationRightsTribunal #FreedomOfInformation
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DWP secrecy exposed after watchdog backs journalist over deaths Information watchdog rebukes the DWP for hiding evidence linked to benefit-related deaths. Why secrecy has become its survival strategy.

The Information Commissioner has slapped down the DWP for hiding evidence linked to benefit-related deaths. When scrutiny is treated as “harassment”, secrecy becomes policy.
#DWP #FOI #BenefitDeaths #DisabilityRights #UKPolitics
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‘DWP were pushing, pushing, pushing my wife to kill herself, but nothing has been done’ A grieving widower has accused the disability minister of trying to erase the role of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in his wife’s suicide. An ombudsman concluded earlier this year that…

‘DWP were pushing, pushing, pushing my wife to kill herself, but nothing has been done’
#BenefitDeaths #DeathsByWelfare #DWP
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DWP ‘shamefully’ failed to track its response to secret advice on cutting suicides The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has “shamefully” failed to keep a record of how it responded to a secret report that called for it to reduce suicides of benefit claimants and other “very…

The Department for Work and Pensions has “shamefully” failed to keep a record of how it responded to a secret report that called for it to reduce suicides of benefit claimants and other “very bad cases”.
#DWP #BenefitDeaths
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Public Accounts Committee passes DWP inquiry to NAO The Public Accounts Committee won’t act on DWP’s delay in publishing death-linked reviews so Vox Political is escalating it to the next step

They delayed publishing deaths.
They dodged the questions.
Now Parliament has passed the buck.
Vox Political is still pursuing the truth — and the National Audit Office is next.
📎 Full update: voxpoliticalonline.com?p=99448
#DWP #FOI #Safeguarding #BenefitDeaths #VoxPolitical

DWP publishes parts of secret reports that show fatal errors on universal credit, days after MPs vote for cuts The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has finally released excerpts of secret reports that show how its errors contributed to the deaths of universal credit (UC) claimants, just days after MPs…

DWP publishes parts of secret reports that show fatal errors on universal credit, days after MPs vote for cuts
#DWP #UniversalCredit #FoI #IPRs #BenefitDeaths
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DWP publishes parts of secret reports that show fatal errors on universal credit, days after MPs vote for cuts The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has finally released excerpts of secret reports that show how its errors contributed to the deaths of universal credit (UC) claimants, just days after MPs…

DWP publishes parts of secret reports that show fatal errors on universal credit, days after MPs vote for cuts
#DWP #UniversalCredit #FoI #IPRs #BenefitDeaths
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DWP Safeguarding Failures: Lives Lost, Promises Broken MPs demand change as DWP faces fresh criticism over deaths of benefit claimants. Can the same system that caused harm now promise to protect?

As you go to bed, think of those forced to “jump through hoops” just to survive. The DWP says it’ll “do better” — but history says otherwise.
🔗 voxpoliticalonline.com?p=98139
#BenefitDeaths #MentalHealthMatters #DWPReform #Labour

DWP Safeguarding Failures: Lives Lost, Promises Broken MPs demand change as DWP faces fresh criticism over deaths of benefit claimants. Can the same system that caused harm now promise to protect?

As you head home from work, think of those forced to “jump through hoops” just to survive. The DWP says it’ll “do better” — but history says otherwise.
🔗 voxpoliticalonline.com?p=98139
#BenefitDeaths #MentalHealthMatters #DWPReform #Labour

110,000 pensioners and a total of 128,000 impoverished people a year don't just die in fuel poverty.
#Poverty, including #FuelPoverty and the resulting #PrematureDeaths, #ExcessWinterDeaths, #BenefitDeaths, is a political choice to impoverish and kill.
It is #Democide.

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Concern over ‘gaps’ in safety role of DWP’s chief medical adviser The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been unable to explain why its chief medical adviser has no responsibility for safeguarding across significant parts of its work, including for key ro…

The Department for Work and Pensions has been unable to explain why its chief medical adviser has no responsibility for safeguarding across significant parts of its work, including for key roles introduced after a disabled claimant starved to death.
#DWP #BenefitDeaths

.@helenlewis your article in the Guardian was spot on - wanted to add that govt are cruel as well as incompetent #benefitdeaths #RIPMarkWood

This morning, Osborne claimed 'the sky didn't fall in due to the cuts' - it did for some. #RIPMarkWood #benefitdeaths

Speaking at public event in PM's constituency Thurs 27th Nov with David Clapson's sister #BenefitDeaths. PM & Minister declined to come.